New Zealand’s Tertiary Education Union is slamming cuts currently proposed that if confirmed, would see up to 20 jobs lost and the end of highly valued courses that industry leaders say they can’t do without. Source: Timberbiz Courses at risk across campuses in Taupō, Tokoroa, Rotorua

New Forests has acquired almost 91,000 acres of forest in Oklahoma, in the US South from Rayonier, Rayonier also sold 109,000 acres on the Olympic Peninsula in northwest Washington. Source: Timberbiz This means that New Forests has expanded its portfolio in the US. The company already

Turning native hardwood timber forests used for selective harvesting into carbon storage credits has been slammed by a leading native hardwood timber expert as a “dangerous” attempt to close a viable industry. Source: Timberbiz REEF Research Forestry Awareness Program chair Mr Noel At

New recruits have joined OneFortyOne’s Summer Fire Crew and have undertaken their practical skills training this week. Source: Timberbiz Over the past three days, the 10 new recruits were trained in practical skills that covered four-person canvas hose lay, operation of fire tankers,

After a remarkable 65 years of dedication to Australia’s forest industries, Peter Crowe OAM, is retiring from his last official position as Chair of the Softwoods Working Group (SWG). Source: Timberbiz “Peter’s unwavering commitment and invaluable contributions have been instrum

Interesting times. Trump’s in, and resoundingly with the senate, electoral college and populist votes. It looks like Elon is going to take the knife to as many government jobs as he can, tariffs will skyrocket, and democrats are top of the list in googling ‘how to move to New Zealand’

JCB has marked a major manufacturing milestone with the production of its one millionth engine. Production started in 2004 at JCB Power Systems in Foston, Derbyshire in the UK and expanded to JCB India in 2010 with the opening of a dedicated plant in Ballabgarh, Delhi. Source: Timberb

FSC has new eTraining on the Continuous Improvement Procedure (CIP) (FSC-PRO-30-011 V1-1), a stepwise approach that enables Small or Low-Intensity Managed Forests (SLIMF) and community forests to progressively achieve FSC certification. This tool provides flexibility and reduces barri